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GREY GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia grisea.) 



L. ccerideo-grisea, facie colloque inferiore albis. 



Blueish-grey Grosbeak, with the face and lower part of the 



neck white. 

 Loxia grisea. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 857. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



382. 38. 

 Le Grisalbin. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 467- 

 Gros-bec de Virginie. Buff. PI. Enl. 3Q3.f. 1. 

 Grey Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 134. 35.— Pen. Arct. 



Zool, 2. 219. 



This bird inhabits Virginia, and is about the 

 size of the Blue Titmouse, with the beak dark 

 brown : neck, and front of the head, white : the 

 rest of the body blue-grey : legs reddish, and 

 claws brown. It is in length four inches. 



